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Speaker: Yeah. It was quite a few dishes. (laughs) Now something Patrick also mentioned, and I thought about it, was the meat ring. Do you remember the meat ring? And Patrick said that, um, they would slaughter a beast- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And then because a lot of us didn't have fridges at that time they would divide that beast up, however many was in the meat ring.

a ring of people who share butchered meat

Speaker: And then because a lot of us didn't have fridges at that time they would divide that beast up, however many was in the meat ring. Interviewer: Mm-hm. Speaker: And then when that was gone then the next person would have to put a beef in and that one would be slaughtered and- Interviewer: Oh, okay. Speaker: Divided up- Interviewer: yeah. Speaker: Amongst the- the neighbours, that was.

Speaker: Now something Patrick also mentioned, and I thought about it, was the meat ring. Do you remember the meat ring? And Patrick said that, um, they would slaughter a beast- Interviewer: Yeah. Speaker: And then because a lot of us didn't have fridges at that time they would divide that beast up, however many was in the meat ring.

a group of neighbours sharing meat before storage permitted saving in individually

Well my father would do that. And I can- I can remember skinning them. Skinning the fur off them. And then he would cut the cow up and bring it down into our basement, make it into steaks and roasts and-whatever. Wrap it up in brown paper and label it and then share it with other farmers. It's called a meat ring.

a group of neighbours sharing meat before storage permitted saving in individually

Speaker: And I can- I can remember skinning them. Skinning the fur off them. And then he would cut the cow up and bring it down into our basement, make it into steaks and roasts and-whatever. Wrap it up in brown paper and label it and then share it with other farmers. It's called a meat ring. Interviewer: Oh, I've heard about that. Speaker: Yes. So they would- they would probably- they would do that with pigs as well as cows and then it would be shared with so many other farmers.